Example sentences of "be [adv] [v-ing] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ever since Vogue homed in on it last December , the Wonderbra has been literally bouncing off the shelves . |
| 2 | The new knowledge is acquired through changes in the prices of resources and of products , brought about by the bids and offers of the entrepreneur-producers who are eagerly competing for the profits to be won by discovering where resource owners and consumers have ( in effect ) underestimated each other 's eagerness to buy or to sell . |
| 3 | Peter Noonan has been patiently waiting in the wings for six years , and finally , whether it was seeing Terry so happy , realising that she was n't getting any younger , or the fact that I told her I was thinking of getting married , sh — ’ |
| 4 | Both are only playing with the conventions of the mainstream domestic sitcom of the past 30 years , when writers have looked to the theatre ( notably the work of Neil Simon and Alan Ayckbourn ) as a model . |
| 5 | ‘ Steps have been taken to ameliorate the situation , but these are merely tinkering at the edges of a wider , more fundamental issue — the system which all of us have to operate can not cope with today 's problems . |
| 6 | ‘ Steps have been taken to ameliorate the situation , but these are merely tinkering at the edges of a wider , more fundamental issue — the system can not cope with today 's problems ’ |
| 7 | He adds that while the bestv rowers are away practising for the Olympics this year there will still be a lot of competition and younger rowers will get the chance to be at Henley . |
| 8 | Takings are already booming for the makers of the country 's top-selling bra . |
| 9 | As the cause of the accident is not clear , will he deplore the remarks of the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull , East ( Mr. Prescott ) and others who are already speculating on the causes of the accident and criticising the Government for not investing enough in the railways ? |
| 10 | We 're not only catering for Harlow people we are catering for people outside which is bringing money into Harlow helping the finance of Harlow and I think we are just progressing with the times . |
| 11 | ‘ They review records that are just getting into the shops . |
| 12 | New consultants are thus coming from the ranks of the research consultants as well as from industry and , recently ( with less success ) , from rival headhunters . |
| 13 | ‘ We 're only going to the movies . ’ |
| 14 | But forget 10-digit typing and you 're soon skipping across the keys with the irritating agility of people who never sweated in front of a Pitman 's chart . |
| 15 | Because if you if you if that 's all it is then you 're just going through the motions , you 're not actually going ahead and receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation . |
| 16 | We 're just going through the motions . ’ |
| 17 | So I mean , we 're just going through the motions at the moment , I mean , quite hone |
| 18 | But when you 've got a full field to harvest at least you 're getting something but when you 're just going around the edges and picking the bits that are left behind that is a hard job you 're spending as long but you 're not getting as much . |
| 19 | If we 're just talking about the niceties of the way these things are laid out , previous set of procedures say things like page one-o-two , page one-o-three etc , and I think that is probably good practice if you can look at a page number and so you know exactly how many pages to expect so , we can probably do that when we re-issue these procedures as well . |
| 20 | You know that 's all now going if you 're just talking about the flats area . |
| 21 | Some tourist attractions say they 're still drawing in the crowds , although the immediate future is far from rosey . |
| 22 | We 're still suffering from the liberties he took . |
| 23 | Does this mean you 're always relying upon the youngsters who are coming through ? |
| 24 | speeding is dangerous for teh fact that it 's a very confined area … even at fifty miles an hour … that 's a conbined impact speed of a hundred miles an hour … we 're also thinking of the workmen , who are sometimes working where there 's no central barrier |
| 25 | You 're probably thinking of the goals that were scored Saturday . |
| 26 | My Lord yes , er there 's just , we 're now dealing with the officers that went into the flat and conducted the operation and then there 's one W P C who comes after that to give some evidence but then that 's it . |
| 27 | Probably yes , but what 's really happening is , you 're watching television and half your mind is taking it in , and the other half of your mind 's thinking , when I get back to work tomorrow , I 'm going to do so-and-so and so-and-so , because , yes , I 'll do , and you 're really chewing over the problems of today . |
| 28 | Now you stop further , now you 're almost stopping on the lights . |
| 29 | To understand chemistry at all you 've got to have some idea of optics , for example , because you 're actually looking at the reactions happening and you 've got to appreciate what you see . |
| 30 | So you 're actually continuing on the savings fund |